By Mr William Saila Pomat

Journal articles

Blyth CC; Ford R; Sapura J; Kumani T; Masiria G; Kave J; Yuasi L; Greenhill A; Hwaihwanje I; Lang A; Lehmann D; Pomat W; Papua New Guinea Pneumonia and Meningitis Etiology Study Team , 2017, 'Childhood pneumonia and meningitis in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea in the era of conjugate vaccines: study methods and challenges.', Pneumonia (Nathan), 9, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0029-y

Francis JP; Richmond PC; Strickland D; Prescott SL; Pomat WS; Michael A; Nadal-Sims MA; Edwards-Devitt CJ; Holt PG; Lehmann D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2017, 'Cord blood Streptococcus pneumoniae-specific cellular immune responses predict early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk infants in Papua New Guinea.', Clin Exp Immunol, 187, pp. 408 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cei.12902

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC; Fuery A; Anderson D; Opa C; Saleu G; Lai M; Francis JP; Alpers MP; Pomat WS; Lehmann D, 2017, 'Pneumococcal responses are similar in Papua New Guinean children aged 3-5 years vaccinated in infancy with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine with or without prior pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or without pneumococcal vaccination.', PLoS One, 12, pp. e0185877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185877

Lehmann D; Kirarock W; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Passey M; Jacoby P; Saleu G; Masiria G; Nivio B; Greenhill A; Orami T; Francis J; Ford R; Kirkham L-A; Solomon V; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; 10v13v PCV trial team , 2017, 'Rationale and methods of a randomized controlled trial of immunogenicity, safety and impact on carriage of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines in infants in Papua New Guinea.', Pneumonia (Nathan), 9, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-017-0044-z

Malaspinas A-S; Westaway MC; Muller C; Sousa VC; Lao O; Alves I; Bergström A; Athanasiadis G; Cheng JY; Crawford JE; Heupink TH; Macholdt E; Peischl S; Rasmussen S; Schiffels S; Subramanian S; Wright JL; Albrechtsen A; Barbieri C; Dupanloup I; Eriksson A; Margaryan A; Moltke I; Pugach I; Korneliussen TS; Levkivskyi IP; Moreno-Mayar JV; Ni S; Racimo F; Sikora M; Xue Y; Aghakhanian FA; Brucato N; Brunak S; Campos PF; Clark W; Ellingvåg S; Fourmile G; Gerbault P; Injie D; Koki G; Leavesley M; Logan B; Lynch A; Matisoo-Smith EA; McAllister PJ; Mentzer AJ; Metspalu M; Migliano AB; Murgha L; Phipps ME; Pomat W; Reynolds D; Ricaut F-X; Siba P; Thomas MG; Wales T; Wall CM; Oppenheimer SJ; Tyler-Smith C; Durbin R; Dortch J; Manica A; Schierup MH; Foley RA; Lahr MM; Bowern C; Wall JD; Mailund T; Stoneking M; Nielsen R; Sandhu MS; Excoffier L; Lambert DM; Willerslev E, 2016, 'A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia.', Nature, 538, pp. 207 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature18299

Badman SG; Vallely LM; Toliman P; Kariwiga G; Lote B; Pomat W; Holmer C; Guy R; Luchters S; Morgan C; Garland SM; Tabrizi S; Whiley D; Rogerson SJ; Mola G; Wand H; Donovan B; Causer L; Kaldor J; Vallely A; Homer C, 2016, 'A novel point-of-care testing strategy for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in high-burden settings: Results of a feasibility study in Papua New Guinea', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1573-4

Francis JP; Richmond PC; Michael A; Siba PM; Jacoby P; Hales BJ; Thomas WR; Lehmann D; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2016, 'A longitudinal study of natural antibody development to pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 in Papua New Guinean Highland children: a cohort study.', Pneumonia (Nathan), 8, pp. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-016-0014-x

Aho C; Michael A; Yoannes M; Greenhill A; Jacoby P; Reeder J; Pomat W; Saleu G; Namuigi P; Phuanukoonnon S; Smith-Vaughan H; Leach AJ; Richmond P; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2016, 'Limited impact of neonatal or early infant schedules of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Papua New Guinean children: A randomized controlled trial.', Vaccine Rep, 6, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vacrep.2016.08.002

Greenhill AR; Phuanukoonnon S; Yoannes M; Orami T; Smith H; Murphy D; Blyth C; Reeder J; Siba P; Pomat W; Lehmann D, 2015, 'Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in paediatric meningitis patients at Goroka General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in the pre-vaccine era', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1197-0

Laman M; Pomat W; Siba P; Betuela I, 2013, 'Ethical challenges in integrating patient-care with clinical research in a resource-limited setting: perspectives from Papua New Guinea.', BMC Med Ethics, 14, pp. 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-14-29

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS, 2013, 'Immunization of newborns with bacterial conjugate vaccines.', Vaccine, 31, pp. 2525 - 2530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.019

Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Kirarock WS; Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2013, 'Intestinal parasitic infections and anaemia among pregnant women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', P N G Med J, 56, pp. 119 - 125, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288929

Pomat WS; van den Biggelaar AHJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Francis J; Jacoby P; Siba PM; Alpers MP; Reeder JC; Holt PG; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2013, 'Safety and immunogenicity of neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised controlled trial.', PLoS One, 8, pp. e56698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056698

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Comparison of neonatal T regulatory cell function in Papua New Guinean and Australian newborns.', Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 23, pp. 173 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01242.x

Jackson KJ; Wang Y; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Siba PM; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2012, 'Divergent human populations show extensive shared IGK rearrangements in peripheral blood B cells', Immunogenetics, 64, pp. 3 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-011-0559-z

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Michael A; Aho C; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Jacoby PA; Hales BJ; Smith W-A; Mitchell T; Wiertsema S; Richmond P; Siba P; Holt PG; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Effect of early carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae on the development of pneumococcal protein-specific cellular immune responses in infancy.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 31, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318245a5a8

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Richmond PC; Pomat W; Siba PM; Holt PG; Strickland DH; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Neonatal antigen-presenting cells are functionally more quiescent in children born under traditional compared with modern environmental conditions.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 130, pp. 1167 - 1174.e10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.005

Lisciandro JG; Prescott SL; Nadal-Sims MG; Devitt CJ; Pomat W; Siba PM; Tulic MC; Holt PG; Strickland D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2012, 'Ontogeny of Toll-like and NOD-like receptor-mediated innate immune responses in Papua New Guinean infants.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e36793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036793

Chidlow GR; Laing IA; Harnett GB; Greenhill AR; Phuanukoonnon S; Siba PM; Pomat WS; Shellam GR; Smith DW; Lehmann D, 2012, 'Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', J Clin Virol, 54, pp. 235 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.008

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Pomat W; Bosco A; Phuanukoonnon S; Devitt CJ; Nadal-Sims MA; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2011, 'Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination at birth in a high-risk setting: no evidence for neonatal T-cell tolerance.', Vaccine, 29, pp. 5414 - 5420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.065

Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Gaeta BA; Pomat W; Rim ; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'Genomic screening by 454 pyrosequencing identifies a new human IGHV gene and sixteen other new IGHV allelic variants', Immunogenetics, 63, pp. 259 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-010-0510-8

Wang Y; Jackson KJ; Chen Z; Gaeta BA; Siba P; Pomat W; Walpole E; Rimmer J; Sewell WA; Collins AM, 2011, 'IgE sequences in individuals living in an area of endemic parasitism show little mutational evidence of antigen selection', Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 73, pp. 496 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02525.x

Pomat WS; Greenhill AR; Lehmann D, 2010, 'Pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: lessons learnt for the way forward.', Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 53, pp. 89 - 93

Phuanukoonnon S; Reeder JC; Pomat WS; Van den Biggelaar AH; Holt PG; Saleu G; Opa C; Michael A; Aho C; Yoannes M; Francis J; Orami T; Namuigi P; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team , 2010, 'A neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial in Papua New guinea: study population, methods and operational challenges.', Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 53, pp. 191 - 206

Greenhill A; Pomat W; Duke T; Lagani W; Mokela D; Lehmann D, 2010, 'The role of biomedical research in the fight against pneumonia in Papua New Guinea.', P N G Med J, 53, pp. 1 - 4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768473

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Phuanukoonnon S; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Siba PM; Lehmann D; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization primes T cells for preferential Th2 cytokine expression: a randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 27, pp. 1340 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.12.046

Francis JP; Richmond PC; Pomat WS; Michael A; Keno H; Phuanukoonnon S; Nelson JB; Whinnen M; Heinrich T; Smith W-A; Prescott SL; Holt PG; Siba PM; Lehmann D; van den Biggelaar AHJ, 2009, 'Maternal antibodies to pneumolysin but not to pneumococcal surface protein A delay early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk Papua New Guinean infants.', Clin Vaccine Immunol, 16, pp. 1633 - 1638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00247-09

van den Biggelaar AHJ; Prescott SL; Roponen M; Nadal-Sims MA; Devitt CJ; Phuanukoonnon S; Pomat W; Tulic MK; Lehmann D; Siba PM; Richmond PC; Holt PG, 2009, 'Neonatal innate cytokine responses to BCG controlling T-cell development vary between populations.', J Allergy Clin Immunol, 124, pp. 544 - 550.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.040

Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Riley ID; Alpers MP, 2003, 'Studies of maternal immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 21, pp. 3446 - 3450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00348-7

Lehmann D; Pomat WS; Combs B; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 2002, 'Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', Vaccine, 20, pp. 1837 - 1845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(02)00040-3

Pomat WS; Lehmann D; Sanders RC; Lewis DJ; Wilson J; Rogers S; Dyke T; Alpers MP, 1994, 'Immunoglobulin G antibody responses to polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine in children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.', Infect Immun, 62, pp. 1848 - 1853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.62.5.1848-1853.1994

POMAT WS; SMITH TA; SANDERS RC; WITT CS; MONTGOMERY J; LEHMANN D; ALPERS MP, 1993, 'LEVELS OF ANTIPNEUMOCOCCAL ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG-CHILDREN IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA', EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 111, pp. 109 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800056739

Witt CS; Pomat W; Lehmann D; Alpers MP, 1991, 'Antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides in pneumonia and response to pneumococcal vaccination in young children in Papua New Guinea.', Clin Exp Immunol, 83, pp. 219 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05618.x

Witt CS; Pomat W, 1991, 'Immune function risk factors for acute lower respiratory tract infections.', P N G Med J, 34, pp. 211 - 214, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1750266

Witt CS; Montgomery JM; Pomat W; Lehmann D; Alpers MP, 1990, 'Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b antigens in the serum and urine of patients with pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: comparison of latex agglutination and counterimmunoelectrophoresis.', Rev Infect Dis, 12 Suppl 8, pp. S1001 - S1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinids/12.supplement_8.s1001

Witt CS; Pomat W; Alpers MP, 1989, 'Pneumococcal antibody concentrations in young Papua New Guinean Highland children with pneumonia.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 8, pp. 533 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006454-198908000-00013

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